Video shows cyclist hitting pothole and somersaulting into parked car

A propos of this incident, no comment on this but a young woman who works in my team at work had a similar incident, going over the handlebars after hitting a potholeand broke her back.

Mercifully she will have no long-term injuries but she had to have an operation on her spine and we don't expect to see her at work for weeks if not months. That will cause some difficulties in delivering our projects for clients.

I have advised her to check fillthathole.org, and instruct a solicitor to sue the local authority (I don't know which one) for negligence. I think my firm should do the same as we will be paying her sick pay and losing her revenue generating capacity for quite some time.

I think his cranks seem to momentarily stop turning about the same time his hand slips off and wondered if a chain jam could be the cause - not sure which is cause and which is effect though. Agree that his weight distribution certainly didn't help whatever the cause. The closest I've come to doing this on road was when I snapped a chain pulling away from lights. Got away with bruised knees from the bar then tho.

CGT wrote:

I nearly did that with the hydraulic disk brakes on my new bike!

Lol. [off topic rant]I know that's almost certainly tongue-in-cheek but I can't resist taking the bait and asking - have you ever actually ridden a bike with hydraulic disks? The advantage of discs is not particularly increased power but better control of braking. (Plus more consistency across varying conditions). I'd go so far as to say you'd be less likely to go over the bars with disc brakes. On mtbs I've (anecdotally) seen a lot less of it since discs have been popular.

Even the interviews with pros about discs that I think GCN did lately were full of daft and misinformed concerns. The one about them being dangerous in crashes and acting like knives is particularly amusing. When did you last see someone get cut up by a cassette in a crash? Oh, and chainring are in a much more dangerous position. They'd better start putting bash guards on all road bikes!
[/off topic rant]

Its his rear wheel that hits the hole and he yarks the breaks on as his rear wheel skips to the side. The pot hole isnt big enough to throw him its his panicked breaking and position on the bike that causes that.

If you look at the clip mrmo has put on and then go back to the original footage you can see where he hits it.

It’s always good to see the country’s leading video analysts commenting on here. What would we do without your expert knowledge. FFS.

Is there a helmet police on road.cc who actively scans for helmet related posts then pounce on it like a falcon?

Effort.

helmet and gloves might have prevented some of the abrasions/ bleeding.

Ironic that it is the car guy, not the cyclist, who is Mr Flip.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.563921,-0.0728375,3a,75y,51.51h,49.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shbcGB9qC3BgeOEd1DUDaSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

may so not that old, there appears to be a defect, but it doesn't look that big? it could have grown, but the video isn't much clearer.

However potholes have and do result in cyclists dying, but councils don't care. (haven't the money)

Bloomin camera owning car drivers go out of their way looking for trouble to record...

Whatever caused him to lose control isn't clear but I'm pretty sure he hits the front brake as he slides and this is what causes the flip.
The car driver is understanding, there would have been some damage to his bonnet and wing for sure.
Still could have been a nasty crash if he fell in front of a moving vehicle.

Last month my left radius was broken in half due to an elevated drain cover in the middle of the road. No work for 3 months, no cycling for god knows how long. Suing Hackney still an option

Agree, I can't see a pothole and it looks like he just lost control. The question is, how did he survive without wearing a helmet!?!?!

Agree, I can't see a pothole and it looks like he just lost control. The question is, how did he survive without wearing a helmet!?!?!

The pothole is just by the 20mph markings on the road, his hand slips, loses control, then flips as the front wheel goes...

It looks like his front wheel slipped to the side...

There doesn't appear to be any pothole; it looks as though they may have simply lost control. Hand slip?

I nearly did that with the hydraulic disk brakes on my new bike!

It's quite difficult to tell what's going on there. I can't see any pothole, but the bike is thrown with such force the front wheel has obviously hit something. Is it just out of sight (below the line of the bonnet), with the guy braking to avoid it before?

I can barely make out a pothole in that video. It looks more like there's a seam in the tarmac, though they can be as bad if not worse.

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It was shocking – he could easily have smashed into the windscreen and into my face

Gosh. What a terrifying ordeal that must have been for you. More needs to be done to protect motorists from nearly-dying cyclists.